Friday, September 11, 2009

Heyman said what?

Holy crap. Everyone knows Valverde's out the door. The only question is whether the Astros offer him arbitration and take a risk that he really will leave (which he probably will) and get a couple of draft picks for him. The bad news is he could take it, and make $10-12 million next year. That's bad. So maybe they'll pull a Ty Wigginton and not offer him arbitration, and just let him walk, and thank him for his 66 saves (and counting).

But what if he leaves? LaHawk makes $3.5 million. As a setup man. One of the last contracts before everyone in baseball realized the economy was going to suck for a long time. So if he is promoted to closer, will he get a raise? Did the Astros sign Armando Benitez this season to give him Triple-A action in order to give him a shot in 2010? But a homecoming for Billy Wagner? What do you think?

2 comments:

My dad brought that up as a joke a few weeks ago. I think it would be great for the right price, but I'm not sure (a) Wagner will accept the right price (because some idiot team would overpay for an old, oft-injured closer who may not pan out) or (b) both him and Drayton will swallow their pride over what happened on his way out the door.

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